It’s been tough without her, but Sunday Times columnist Jenny Hjul is back this week after her Christmas/New Year break.
I imagine the conversation between between Hjul and her boss, Carlos Alba, discussing the content of her columns this year, went something like this:
Hjul: Hi Carlos, Jenny here. It went so well last year that for 2009 I thought I’d devote every single column to the theme – why Scotland is crap and why the SNP is making it even worse.
Alba: Every column?
Hjul: Yes – every one.
Alba: Ok, but don’t you think there are other things you could write about – just every now and again?
Hjul: No. This saves time – I only have to change a few words each week.
Alba: Don’t you think our readers might be getting a bit bored with this stuff – I mean it’s nothing more than crude propaganda that would make even Jim Murphy wince – isn’t it?
Hjul: He’s way too soft on the Nats – they’re dangerous. They’ve got to be stopped. Imagine what this country would be like if people living in Scotland were actually running it?
Alba: Can’t argue with that I suppose.
Hjul: Good.
Alba: By the way – we’re working on a feature for next week – why Scotland has the worst education system in the world: “From Kames and Kelvin to Klowns” – what do you think? After that I thought we’d go for why Scotland is the unhealthiest nation on earth and after that, why Scotland is the most violent country on earth and then maybe, why Scotland has the worst politicians in the world and then to round it off something along the lines of what has happened to this once proud nation of ours that has turned it into the worst in the world?
Hjul: Fantastic. Makes me proud to work for this paper.
